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Originally Posted by dino7c
or maybe, just maybe...the best teams were in the Central and these are the harder matchups
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Meh I don't think that's factual.
Pacific has been the western conference representative the last 2 seasons. Pacific is weaker at the bottom but the top 6 teams (Kings, Knights, Oilers ; Avs, Stars, Jets) aren't all that different.
Last year the 8 seed Knights took the 1 seed Stars to 7 games, and
Edmonton beat Dallas in 6.
In the regular season:
Oilers: 4-5 against the top 3 Central teams
Knights: 4-5 against the top 3 Central teams
Kings: 6-3 against the top 3 central teams
Combined 14-13 record...it's not nearly as big a gap as you're making it out to be.